Nice images! B'fly bush is blooming here, but all I have seen is a
single Skipper.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 7/7/2014 6:12 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
About a week ago went to my first outing at Horn Pond "Mtn" ( perhaps
300 feet) which is a usual hangout for Hairstreaks. We saw less than
half a dozen (fewest in memory, but must just have been the day) and
only a couple chances at any images. I had a friend watching a field
in North Andover for the ememrgence of the Baltimore Checkerspots, and
after a few hours at Horn Pond drove about 40 minutes for a chance at
a nice image of a Baltimore. They can be stunning when newly emerged,
nectaring on a color coordinated blossum. They were in abundance but
had trouble getting one isolated with a nice background and did not
succeed.. I had one more chance on Saturday as there were a few on the
annual 4th of July Count at Appleton farm. I am still working on any
usable images. (Moose has been there) I am convinced that a touch of
T32 as fill flash is helpful in some circumstances in bring out out
the colors/iridescence.
Here are a few from Horn Pond--probably just hit slide show for sizing
if so inclined --the sharpening seems to scale ok with the gallery
settings.
http://tinyurl.com/osj6aah
Chase but only rarely catch, Mike
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